Item |
Variation over |
As on Aug. 22, 2008 |
Week |
End-March
2008 |
End-December 2007 |
Year |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
Rs. Crore |
US$ Mn. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
|
Total Reserves |
12,88,763 |
297,286 |
20,711 |
1,076 |
50,798 |
–12,438 |
2,03,743 |
21,970 |
3,46,875 |
68,437 |
|
(a) |
Foreign Currency Assets |
12,45,219 |
287,049 |
20,674 |
1,074* |
49,196 |
–12,181 |
1,94,734 |
20,496 |
3,33,062 |
65,544 |
|
(b) |
Gold |
41,366 |
9,735 |
— |
— |
1,242 |
–304 |
8,547 |
1,407 |
13,516 |
2,848 |
|
(c) |
SDRs |
16 |
4 |
— |
— |
–58 |
–15 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
|
(d) |
Reserve Position in the IMF** |
2,162 |
498 |
37 |
2 |
418 |
62 |
459 |
66 |
290 |
43 |
* : Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciation of non-US currencies (such as Euro, Sterling, Yen) held in reserves.
For details, please refer to the Current Statistics section of the RBI Bulletin.
** : Reserve Position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
i.e., Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) which was shown as a memo item from May 23, 2003 to March 26, 2004
has been included in the reserves from the week ended April 2, 2004 in keeping with the international best practice. |
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